Tag: Sudan
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UAE drones strike Khartoum’s International Airport in Sudan
Drones supplied to the Rapid Support Forces by the United Arab Emirates have struck Khartoum’s International Airport and other sites in the city belonging to the military as of yesterday morning. The Sudanese government is accusing Ethiopia of its involvement in the attack and said that drones flew from Ethiopia’s Bahir Dar airport that is…
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Europeans condemn the atrocities in Sudan but stop short of calling out the RSF and the UAE
Yesterday, at the the Berlin Conference on Sudan, European Allies including Germany, France, the UK, the US and the EU pledged a total of up to €1.5billion in humanitarian aid for Sudan. The EU will be providing up to €750 million of this aid. EU High Representative Kaja Kallas said that war criminals should also…
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Nothing about Sudan by the Commonwealth
The Commonwealth remains an inconsequential talking shop, and this is why we can’t give it priority with our limited resources. However, we’ve noticed the Commonwealth Ministerial Group meeting that took place earlier this month on March 7th due to the fact that it was chaired by Malta’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Ian…
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Sky News withdraws license from Emirati-state media company
The Telegraph is reporting that Sky News has withdrawn its license to the Emirati state-owned media company International Media Investments (IMI). IMI uses the Sky News branding to run its own Sky News Arabia. It also runs CNN Business Arabic. The Telegraph is reporting that the withdrawal of the license was made in late last…
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Kenya issuing passports to Sudan’s war criminals helping them avoid US and EU sanctions
Shocking revelations have been made this week by Kenyan political Opposition activist Boniface Mwangi, about the issuing of passports by Kenya to the Sudanese war criminals of the Rapid Support Forces. The passports are being issued to leaders of the RSF who are sanctioned by the US and the EU and are also investigated for…
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BREAKING: Chad closes border with Sudan after third clash this year with RSF
In a surprising news announced early this morning, the Republic of Chad has closed off its borders with Sudan after the Chadian army clashed with the Rapid Support Forces on the border town of Al-Tanila. This was the third clash between the Army of Chad and the RSF this year. The border closure, just like…
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The EU is appeasing the United Arab Emirates over Sudan
Earlier this week at an EU Commission press briefing, journalists asked the EU whether it would condemn the Rapid Support Forces for attacking a humanitarian aid convoy. The EU Commission officials refused to condemn the RSF forthe attack, and instead condemned all acts of violence against humanitarian workers. EU officials also failed to explain why…
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Saudi Arabia condemns RSF attack on the WFP convoy: Army of Chad engages the RSF at the border for the second time this year
Saudi Arabia has issued a statement condemning the attack by the Rapid Support Forces against a World Food Programme convoy in North Kordofan, Sudan. Saudi Arabia also condemned the RSF’s attacks on civilians which are escalating as they suffer serious military defeats. Saudi Arabia is taking an increasingly public position in favour of the Sudanese…
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The Rapid Support Forces bomb a World Food Programme convoy in North Kordofan
The genocidal militia in Darfur, Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces, have used drones to attack a food convoy of the World Food Programme in the Allah Karim area of North Kordofan State. The RSF are escalating their attacks on civilian targets in Kordofan region as they take on significant strategic military defeats. Political representatives supporting…
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Abdallah Hamdok travels to Europe on “Peace” tour as the SAF strikes victories against the RSF
Sudanese politician and previous Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok has been in London, the UK, in his latest stop of his European tour. Abdallah Hamdok forms part of the Sumoud coalition which is financed and funded by the United Arab Emirates and advocates for a peace deal with the militia in Darfur, Sudan, that is currently…
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Médecins Sans Frontières says Al-Fashir is a ghost town: the EU adds more RSF leaders in its sanctions list
A team of MSF personnel was recently granted access under strict supervision to the city of Al-Fashir in Darfur, Sudan. The city is currently under the control of the Rapid Support Forces who committed widescale ethnic cleansing in the city when they captured it in October last year. In their report, Médecins Sans Frontières, stated…
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No peace in Sudan before RSF are defeated – General Burhan
Speaking to journalists in Port Sudan, General of the Sudanese Armed Forces Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told the press that there won’t be peace in Sudan before the Rapid Support Forces are defeated. “Peace will not come before the end of the RSF, and any solution proposal that RSF is involved in is nothing but postponing…
